Kagame Has A New Friend— Justin Trudeau

The romance between Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Rwanda’s strongman Paul Kagame is difficult to fathom. For the past several months, the romance between the two and among their respective ministers has blossomed beyond belief.

To begin with, the unthinkable happened. Rwanda’s Defence Minister, General James Kabarebe was given the red carpet in Canada in November 2017.

Kabarebe hosted in Canada

Canada became the first Western country in which Kabarebe can dare set foot — he stands indicted for war crimes. Canadian Defense Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan who hosted Kabarebe would not answer questions about his guest’s background when challenged by the media.

In the same month in 2017, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, hosted his Rwandan counterpart, Vincent Biruta.

”Seventy years ago, delegates from around the world came together to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which declares everyone is ‘born free and equal in dignity and rights.’ We take this occasion to celebrate our very own John Humphrey, who helped draft this revolutionary document, and to recommit ourselves to a more just and equal world.”

But there he is — embracing one of the worst human rights abusers.

In the last three months alone, Kagame closed some 1,500 churches, the last spheres where Rwandans could still express themselves. Kagame locked up a bishop and five priests who objected to church closures. Soon after, Kagame’s security forces killed over a dozen Congolese who were protesting against hunger. Presumably, Trudeau is unaware of Kagame’s violence on his own people.